Business
A pre-pandemic fitness class at Jaya Yoga in Windsor Terrace.Restaurants can accept indoor diners starting today [https://ny.eater.com/2021/2/12/22278174/nyc-restaurants-indoor-dining-return]. The Barclays Center will reopen in less than two weeks [https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/10/new-york-gov-cuomo-says-barclays-center-other-large-arenas-in-the-state-can-reopen-starting-feb-23.html] . And large gyms have been
Central Brooklyn
Brian Cunningham (Image: Campaign)He played the long game last time. This time, Brian Cunningham is first to drop out from a crowded field of candidates looking to represent Flatbush and Prospect-Lefferts Gardens in the City Council. In a post shared to Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/CunninghamForNYC/posts/2877650052515630]
Central Brooklyn
New construction in Downtown Brooklyn, 2019. Liena Zagare/BklynerSections of Downtown Brooklyn and Williamsburg-Greenpoint, where high-rise apartment buildings spurted up after city rezonings, had the most housing growth in the borough in the last decade. They trailed only Long Island City in Queens and Manhattan’s west side, home to
Bushwick
Last year, the NYPD’s 75th Precinct, which includes the neighborhoods of East New York and Cypress Hills, had the dubious distinction of being the area with both the most shooting incidents and the highest number of police misconduct complaints [/what-will-it-take-to-fix-the-citys-most-troubled-police-precinct/] of anywhere in the city. The precinct had 102
Central Brooklyn
Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza. City Hall. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.By Amy Zimmer and Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2021/2/8/22272185/nyc-middle-school-reopen-covid] New York City’s middle school students will return to their campuses on Feb. 25, education department officials told principals
affordable housing
PS 90 in 2007. By Nicholas Strini/PropertySharkThe 2020 murders of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd thrust the Movement For Black Lives firmly into the public consciousness. When centuries of anger, frustration, and despair spilled out into the streets, I hoped that our political and civic leaders would finally take
brownsville
Brownsville resident Debra King uses the oven to help heat her home because the boiler in her building has not been working, Jan. 25, 2021. | Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy Gabriel Sandoval, THE CITY. This article was originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/housing/2021/2/1/22257006/freezing-brooklyn-tenants-still-waiting] by THE
Brooklyn Heights
Commissioner Henry (‘Hank’) Gutman at City Hall on Wednesday, February 3, 2021. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography OfficeMayor de Blasio announced this morning that Henry ‘Hank’ Gutman will be the new Commissioner of Transportation. Gutman is a lawyer, who clerked for Judge F. Dooling early in his career [https://www.nyls.
brownsville
NYPD Deputy Inspector Craig Edelman (middle) makes an appearance in Mayor Bill de Blasio’s 2021 State of the City video. Screengrab/NYC Mayor’s Office/YouTube By Greg B. Smith and Eileen Grench, THE CITY. This article was originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/2/1/22261453/nypd-brutality-video-de-blasio-precinct-reform-slideshow]
flatlands
District Leader Lori Maslow at a virtual Brooklyn Democratic Party event in December.Southern Brooklyn Democrat Lori Maslow resigned from her District Leader position in the Brooklyn Democratic Party on Thursday, after weeks of intense criticism over a series of racist tweets threatened to derail the party’s election forum.
East New York
Assembly Member Charles Barron and Congress Member Hakeem Jeffries.Firebrand Assembly Member Charles Barron has a powerful foe in his run for East New York’s City Council seat. Influential Congress Member Hakeem Jeffries, whose Brooklyn district includes East New York, is backing Nikki Lucas [https://electnikkilucas.com/], a Starrett
Business
How can New York City get our economy back on track as we all fight furiously to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic? It’s a question that everyone is desperate to answer, as New York City’s economy continues to take a beating from the COVID crisis. Between December 2019 and